When it comes to selling your home or simply improving it for your own sake, curb appeal plays a huge role. Not only does it give off a first impression when people pull up to the house, but curb appeal also has a lot to do with whether or not prospect buyers even choose to look at your house in the first place. A picture on a home-selling site can either make or break your house’s real estate success.

If you’re looking to fix up your home’s exterior to warrant some serious “wows,” there are some quick and easy things you can do. To improve curb appeal, try some of the below options, and just wait for the compliments and offers to pour in.

How to Improve Curb Appeal

Touch-Up Your Deck/Driveway

…Whichever is in the front of your yard. When people arrive at the house, the last thing that says, “Welcome to our beautiful home!” is a dingy deck or dirty driveway. If these features are unkempt, it’ll give off the impression that you don’t take care of the home’s interior, either, giving off some very bad vibes. To quickly remedy this issue, consider re-staining your deck and pressure washing your driveway. You’d be amazed at what a little TLC can do.

If you don’t have a pressure washer at home, not to worry. Most home improvement stores will let you rent one for the day, so you can blast away gross oil stains on your driveway without any extra fuss.

Enlist Some Flower Power

It’s a no-brainer that dead grass is a turn-off, but have you thought more about where your landscaping stands? Beyond your grass, it’s important to take a look at the surrounding details. Adding some evergreen structured shrubs such as Camellias and Indian Hawthorn are a great way to bring vibrancy to your lawn. Then, bring in some flowers to accent the greenery. Plant a variety of seasonal blooms in flower beds or container gardens to ensure you’ve got some nice hues visible all year long.

Some things to keep in mind are to work with the entire color wheel and to mix up shapes and varieties. Doing so will add a lot more value! See more tips on landscaping to improve curb appeal here.

Set the Mood With Accent Lighting

This is the cherry on top to improving your overall curb appeal. In addition to being functional light sources, accent lights are used to spruce up your home’s style. Mix up your decorative lighting fixtures with a variety of styles: have some wall mounts, post fixtures, and hanging lights for an impressive depth effect. The OV-1752 model from our Old Village Collection is a very popular choice to light up front doors, and the Market Street MK-3 option is the perfect, affordable post light to add some character.

Check out some of our lights to get your curb appeal up to par! You can find all of our exterior lanterns right here.